Experience

• Ivy Tech Community College

  Faculty

  - College Success course faculty member for nation’s largest community college
  - Create contextualized curriculum for School of Technology students
  - Creatively educate first-year students about how to achieve success in college through
  time management, accepting responsibility and accessing college resources
  - Mentor students one-on-one throughout their college career to maintain connection

• Ivy Tech Community College

  Adjunct Faculty

  - College Success course instructor for nation’s largest community college,
  - Creatively educate first-year students about how to achieve success in college through
  time management, accepting responsibility and accessing college resources
  - Mentor students one-on-one throughout their college career to maintain connection

• Hamilton County Jail

  GED instructor

  GED test preparation class for jail inmates, 2001-current
  * Maintained over 70% success rate of student outcomes
  * Use a variety of methods, such as manipulatives, direct and individual instruction

• Hamilton County Community Corrections

  Employment Skills Teacher

  Assisting hard-to-employ, ex-offender job seekers with resumes, interview skills, networking and job search techniques.

• Carmel Clay Schools

  Teacher

  Instruct students, using NovaNet, in 30 different high school credit courses
  * Liaison between high school students and administration
  * Communicated weekly with parents about students’ progress
  * Developed rigorous supplemental curricula tailored to Carmel HS and state standards

• Indiana Adult Education Professional Development

  Contracted Trainer

  Deliver training on best practices, software and assessment to statewide adult
  educators, using large group, hands-on and case study-based techniques
  * Develop Web-based, PowerPoint and interactive training materials
  * Work with the Director of Professional Development to coordinate trainings
  * Maintain Web site, using Adobe Contribute software